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Storj compared to Azure Storage

Storj
Versus
Azure Storage

Features

Storage Features of Storj compared to Azure Storage
StorjFeaturesAzure Storage
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
CLI, self-hosted s3 REST apiManagement interfacesPortal, CLI, REST api
Event hooks/pubsub
SLABest effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue credits
Maximum object filesize~4.75 TB
Minimum object filesize

A 0 byte file has at least 4 bytes of chargeable overhead for metadata.

Formula: 4 bytes + Len (PartitionKey + RowKey) * 2 bytes + For-Each Property(8 bytes + Len(Property Name) * 2 bytes + Sizeof(.Net Property Type))

Recommended max file count per bucketUnlimited, as long as you stay under 5PB across your account
Max filesize for a bucket
300Maximum amount of bucketsunlimited
Logs
Authentication / ACLShared access signature allows authenticated access to objects
CDN integrationAzure Storage integrates with Azure’s as well as any other CDN directly
Peering & interconnectAzure Storage doesn’t have special interconnects published
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions

Storj

Second-generation Cloud Storage Provider Storj, previously known as Tardigrade.io is a second-generation cloud storage provider, not unlike Filebase. Actually, it’s the other way around… Filebase can leverage Storj as underlying storage provider.

Storj is capitalizing on the power of Blockchain to ensure global storage redundancy. Storj’s storage network consists of thousands and thousands of (user-run) nodes across more than 80 countries.

A Node’s reputation, latency, and a random weight decide if a Node is assigned to store your files. This way Storj makes sure your files will be accessible even if you unplug your local NAS connected to Storj.

Storj makes sure there are at least 3 to 4 copies of the file stored across multiple nodes in the network in the same “Satellite”, which is a region like Americas, Asia Pacific or Europe.

Azure Storage

Microsoft Azure Cloud Storage Microsoft’s answer to their cloud competitor Amazon is finally here. Microsoft has a wide range of storage solutions, providing SaaS (software as a service), PaaS (platform as a service ) and IaaS (infrastructure as a service). Azure supports a great variety of programming languages, tools, and frameworks, ranging from Microsoft-specific to Linux, or other third-party software and systems.

In the table below we’ll look at the Hot Access Tier, as this is the most commonly used storage tier for online usage.

Comparisons